Dominic Mitchell is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is the creator and writer of the BBC 3 television series ''

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Education

Mitchell studied BA (Hons) Film & Video at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in

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Career

Theatre

In 2009 Mitchell won the Papatango script competition with his darkly comic play "Potentials".

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called it a "sharply observed satire…truly tense with an utterly gripping climax". His short play "No. 30 to Pluto" was joint winner of the

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's new writing competition and was performed on the main stage as part of their 30th Birthday Gala celebrations.

Television

In 2013 he was selected as one of BAFTA's 'Breakthrough Brits'. ''In the Flesh'' first aired on BBC Three on 17 March 2013. The first series comprised three hour-long episodes. An extended second series comprising six hour-long episodes was aired in the United Kingdom from 4 May 2014 and from 10 May 2014 on BBC America. The series was cancelled in 2015 due to funding cuts to BBC Three's budget. He won the Best Writer award at the 2014 BAFTA TV Craft awards for his TV series

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, which went on to win 'Best Mini Series' at the 2014 BAFTA awards. He wrote the fifth episode of the

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science fiction show ''

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'' with Lisa Joy and was a supervising producer on the show's first season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Dominic Living people 1979 births British dramatists and playwrights British male dramatists and playwrights British science fiction writers English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters British male television writers